African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights

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The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights is a regional human rights treaty adopted by the Organization of African Unity that sets out civil, political, economic, social, cultural, and collective rights for individuals and peoples across the African continent.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international human rights instrument
regional human rights treaty
adoptedAt African Union Assembly
surface form: OAU Assembly of Heads of State and Government
adoptedBy African Union
surface form: OAU

Organization of African Unity
adoptedBySuccessorOrganization African Union
adoptionDate 1981-06-27
adoptionPlace Nairobi
surface form: Nairobi, Kenya
alsoKnownAs Banjul Charter
bindingOn member states of the African Union that have ratified it
containsArticleCountApprox 68
depositary Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity
enteredIntoForceDate 1986-10-21
establishesBody African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (in judicial protection role)
surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
geopoliticalOrganizationContext African Union
imposesDutyOnIndividuals duty to family
duty to preserve positive African cultural values
duty to society
duty to the international community
duty to the state
inspiredBy International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
language Arabic
English
French
Portuguese
legalStatus binding treaty
monitoringBody African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (in judicial protection role)
surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
preambleAffirms attachment to human and peoples’ rights
rejection of colonialism, apartheid and Zionism
recognizesRight freedom of association
freedom of conscience
freedom of expression
freedom of movement
right to a satisfactory environment
right to culture
right to development
right to dignity
right to education
right to equality
right to fair trial
right to health
right to life
right to participate in government
right to personal liberty
right to property
right to self-determination
right to work
regionalScope Africa
relatedInstrument Maputo Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
surface form: Maputo Protocol

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
subjectMatter civil and political rights
collective rights
economic, social and cultural rights
human rights
peoples’ rights

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African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights primaryInstrumentApplied African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Declaration of Rights influencedBy African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
subject surface form: Declaration of Rights (Zimbabwe)
AfCHPR legalBasis African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
AfCHPR typeOfLawApplied African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Constitutive Act of the African Union preambleMentions African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Governance Architecture basedOn African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Governance Architecture supportsInstrument African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights legalFramework African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (in judicial protection role) legalBasis African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
subject surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (in judicial protection role) establishedBy African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
subject surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Commissioner for Political Affairs usesInstrument African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
this entity surface form: African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
African Union institutional system basedOn African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights areProtectedBy African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
this entity surface form: African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights